Implied daily move against the realized daily move: SPY, month by month
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-08-14, from What Is the VIX? What It Really Measures.
| month | month_label | implied_daily_move_pct | realized_daily_move_pct | gap_pct | sessions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-01 | July 2025 | 0.84 | 0.33 | 0.51 | 22 |
| 2025-08-01 | August 2025 | 0.78 | 0.57 | 0.22 | 21 |
| 2025-09-01 | September 2025 | 0.79 | 0.41 | 0.38 | 21 |
| 2025-10-01 | October 2025 | 0.92 | 0.61 | 0.31 | 23 |
| 2025-11-01 | November 2025 | 1.02 | 0.78 | 0.25 | 19 |
| 2025-12-01 | December 2025 | 0.8 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 22 |
| 2026-01-01 | January 2026 | 0.83 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 20 |
| 2026-02-01 | February 2026 | 0.99 | 0.67 | 0.32 | 19 |
| 2026-03-01 | March 2026 | 1.33 | 0.91 | 0.42 | 22 |
| 2026-04-01 | April 2026 | 1.08 | 0.65 | 0.43 | 21 |
| 2026-05-01 | May 2026 | 0.91 | 0.54 | 0.38 | 20 |
| 2026-06-01 | June 2026 | 0.95 | 0.85 | 0.1 | 21 |
| 2026-07-01 | July 2026 | 0.89 | 0.59 | 0.3 | 22 |
- Rows × columns
- 13 × 6
- Period covered
- to
- Computed
- Completeness
- No missing values
- Source
- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
month |
date | 2025-07-01 to 2026-07-01 | |
month_label |
text | 13 distinct values (April 2026, August 2025, December 2025…) | |
implied_daily_move_pct |
number | 0.78 to 1.33 | percent |
realized_daily_move_pct |
number | 0.33 to 0.91 | percent |
gap_pct |
number | 0.1 to 0.51 | percent |
sessions |
number | 19 to 23 |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
WITH iv AS (
SELECT toStartOfMonth(date) AS month,
avg(implied_volatility) * 100 AS iv_pct
FROM global_markets.options_greeks
WHERE underlying_symbol = 'SPY'
AND date >= toDate('2025-07-01')
AND date < toDate('2026-08-01')
AND abs(delta) BETWEEN 0.45 AND 0.55
AND days_to_expiry BETWEEN 23 AND 37
AND iv_converged
AND implied_volatility BETWEEN 0.02 AND 3
GROUP BY month
),
px AS (
SELECT date, toFloat64(close) AS c
FROM global_markets.stocks_daily_aggs
WHERE ticker = 'SPY'
AND date >= toDate('2025-06-01')
AND date < toDate('2026-08-01')
),
moves AS (
SELECT toStartOfMonth(date) AS month,
abs(c / any(c) OVER (ORDER BY date ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND 1 PRECEDING) - 1) * 100 AS abs_move_pct
FROM px
),
realized AS (
SELECT month,
avg(abs_move_pct) AS avg_abs_move_pct,
count() AS sessions
FROM moves
WHERE month >= toDate('2025-07-01')
GROUP BY month
)
SELECT iv.month AS month,
formatDateTimeInJodaSyntax(iv.month, 'MMMM yyyy') AS month_label,
round(iv.iv_pct / 16, 2) AS implied_daily_move_pct,
round(realized.avg_abs_move_pct, 2) AS realized_daily_move_pct,
round(iv.iv_pct / 16 - realized.avg_abs_move_pct, 2) AS gap_pct,
realized.sessions AS sessions
FROM iv
INNER JOIN realized ON iv.month = realized.month
ORDER BY month
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